"FLASHMAN, the extraordinary British group, consists of three
outstanding musicians.

Gerald Watkiss started life as a prodigy. He composed a full
fledged symphony before he was fourteen. When he was sixteen he
formed his first band, Elegy, a group that inluded Nick Walpole as a
founder member. Contact with other young musicians was invaluable
to Gerald, since his early inclination and training had been almost
exclusively classical. As a result, he had experienced very few
pop influences. New friendships re-established his association
with contemporary sound.

Nick Walpole plays timpani and percussion. He is also a self
taught drummer. He worked a number of bands, and met Gerald
Watkiss at school. "It was an unusual friendship," confessed Nick,
"because he introduced me to a great deal of classical music. In
turn, I brought him into contact with a lot of pop stuff." They
began to write a rock opera, but not long afterward Gerald entered a
college of music and drama. Nick also got into the same college as
a part-time student.

Chris Hudman, as a kid studied violin and cello, but now his taste runs
much more to acoustic and bass guitar. He toured the club circuit
as part of a folk duo called Middlearth, but in 1974 he attended a
rehearsal at which Gerald and Nick were present. As a result he
was recruited to the line-up as a bass guitarist."